During my quest to archive and document David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, there is no greater joy than finding a rarely seen artifact. I recently acquired a memo from Phil Marella with Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. that contained a character relationship chart circulated at ABC Television in April 1990. The memo was issued on April…
In the weeks following the debut of Twin Peaks on the ABC Television network on April 8, 1990, the entire nation was asking, “Who killed Laura Palmer?” Before April ended, The Oregonian asked readers on April 26, 1990 who they thought was the killer. Like many papers at the time, they encouraged fans to don their detective…
As a follow-up to the deep dive into the Twin Peaks Morgue scene written by Harley Peyton for Twin Peaks episode 1.003, I’m looking at another publicity photo from my collection. This image of Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) and Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is unique in several ways. We never see this exact exchange in…
David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks wouldn’t be what it is today without Harley Peyton. One of several writers for the show, he contributed some of the most memorable and quotable dialogue. There would be no ‘give yourself a present everyday‘ without Peyton. He was the first writer to tackle the series solo with his…